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Changing face of Hindi Cinema
 


Ramaa
Chennai
behindw@behindwoods.com

The year gone by saw paradigm shift in the type of Hindi films made. With the chance in the audience profile and the growing number of multiplexes it has become interactive for producers and directors to look for contemporary themes.

The sentimental family dramas with endless marriage songs and teary dialogues are no more acceptable. Even the actors like to play ordinary mortals with their own set of complexities. Two important films which heralded this new trend were Hum Tum and Page 3. while Hum Tum was a gentle love story told with modern sensitivity, Page 3 is a rollicking chronicle of the high society folks.

Both the films were big hits on the contrary, a film like Swades with the perennially appealing theme of patriotism failed despite the presence of Shahrukh Khan. Shahrukh’s veer zarra just about scraped through. Hence, it is clear that big names, beautiful locates and umpteen songs do not guarantee success. Only a convincing script which the audience can relate to will set the cash registers ringing. Another encouraging trend is the emergence of searing

thrillers sans bone – crushing action sequences. Take for example, Ram Gopal Varma’s Sarkar or Anil Kapoor’s my wife’s murder.

This year was also important for short feature films which discussed issues normally pushed under the carpet. Sasikumar’s film on anti-Sikh riots, Sudhir’s film on Godhra riots and Boney Kapoor’s film on female infanticide stirred our souls.

As we welcome the new age in Hindi cinema, we hope that such mature themes will also permeate to other languages especially Tamil and Malayalam.

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